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Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport is the municipal airport located in the Alamogordo area. It is primarily used for general aviation . [ 154 ] There is no longer scheduled commercial service from New Mexico Airlines , previously operated under a subsidy from the Essential Air Service program.
White Sands National Park is a national park of the United States located in New Mexico and completely surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range. The park covers 145,762 acres (227.8 sq mi; 589.9 km 2 ) in the Tularosa Basin , including the southern 41% of a 275 sq mi (710 km 2 ) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.
Map of the Tularosa Basin (light blue) and its landmarks, in southern New Mexico and West Texas, U.S. White gypsum sand and Yucca (Yucca elata) plants, in Tularosa Basin at White Sands National Park. The Tularosa Basin is a graben basin in the Basin and Range Province and within the Chihuahuan Desert , east of the Rio Grande in southern New ...
Otero County (Spanish: Condado de Otero) is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,839. [1] Its county seat is Alamogordo. [2] Its southern boundary is the Texas state line. It is named for Miguel Antonio Otero, the territorial governor when the county was created. [3]
Airport Road - Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport: 212.789– 213.108: 342.451– 342.964: US 54 south / White Sands Boulevard – El Paso, Alamogordo: Interchange; western end of US 54 concurrency; White Sands Boulevard not signed westbound: 218.211: 351.177: US 82 – Artesia, Lubbock: Western terminus of US 82 220.528: 354.905: NM 545 ...
In 1976, NASA selected Northrup Strip as the site for shuttle pilot training. A second runway was added crossing the original north-south landing strip, and in 1979 both lakebed runways were lengthened to 35,000 ft (10,668 m), which includes 15,000 ft (4,572 m) usable runway with 10,000 ft (3048 m) extensions on either end, to allow White Sands Space Harbor to serve as shuttle backup landing ...
Juan Corral, Alamogordo Daily News April 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM Two people died in a three-car crash at the intersection of White Sands Blvd. and 10th St. on April 7.
White Sands is a census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. [2] It consists of the main residential area on the White Sands Missile Range. As of the 2010 census the population of the CDP was 1,651. [4] It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area.